Callan Family History
Callan Name Meaning
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Cathaláin ‘descendant of Cathalán’, a personal name
representing a diminutive of Cathal (see Cahill).Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Ailin, a
patronymic from an old Gaelic personal name derived from ail
‘rock’.Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac
Cailin ‘son of Cailin’ (see Collin).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Callan Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Callan families
 117 - 232  40 - 116 |
 1 - 39  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Callan families
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118 - 234 40 - 117 |
1 - 39 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Callan families
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69 - 136 24 - 68 |
1 - 23 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Callan Family Origin
Callan Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Callan
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Callan Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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